Tirunelveli Cuisine – Tirunelveli cuisine gives priority to both taste and health. “Even the sweets come with ginger so that it digests well. Herbs are used in rasam. Black Urad Dal is good for bone strengthening hence, widely used in Tirunelveli cooking.  Tirunelveli people use food made of millets is healthier than rice-based dishes. Also, in Tirunelveli, there are a lot of palm trees so many of our desserts are made of palm sugar.